California Health Collaborative (Asian Pacific Islander Partners and Advocates Countering Tobacco (API PACT Project))

The Asian/Pacific Islander Partners and Advocates Countering Tobacco (API PACT)

Program is a Central Valley regional tobacco control program tasked with reducing

tobacco related health disparities and improving health equity among Asian/Pacific

Islanders residing in the Central Valley. The program objectives for 2017-2023 are to

adopt and implement a public policy that prohibits the sale of mentholated and other

flavored tobacco products 1000ft from schools and other youth sensitive areas;

support Asian/Pacific Islander organizations with the adoption of tobacco-free policies for

their outdoor venues, including Asian/Pacific Islander cultural events; and empower local

Central Valley Asian/Pacific Islander Youth to become engaged in tobacco control efforts

and play an active role in reducing tobacco use among youth.